The last white knight, directed and produced by Paul Saltzman
Type
Label
The last white knight, directed and produced by Paul Saltzman
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The last white knight
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
844090073
Responsibility statement
directed and produced by Paul Saltzman
Runtime
78
Summary
In 1965, 21-year-old Torontonian, Paul Saltzman drove to Mississippi, volunteering as a civil rights worker with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. He was arrested, spending ten days in jail. He was assaulted by a young Klansman. In 2007, Saltzman returned to find the KKK member who had punched him in the head, to explore if individual reconciliation was possible. He found him and a five year dialogue has ensued. Featuring interviews with Morgan Freeman and Harry Belafonte
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
Subject
- Documentary films
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Mississippi
- Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Nonfiction films
- DVDs
- Civil rights -- Mississippi
- African American civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History
- Beckwith, Byron de la, Jr
- Saltzman, Paul
Content
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- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor6
- Genre3
- Subject11
- Documentary films
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Mississippi
- Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Nonfiction films
- DVDs
- Civil rights -- Mississippi
- African American civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History
- Beckwith, Byron de la, Jr
- Saltzman, Paul
- Content1
- Mapped to1